A sad but true tale

[vinya12]

this is a very sad story. I hate vets who care more about money than our pets :boooo:

[vinya12]

the links dont work

[deebee]

val that is horrific.  its not even that this woman chose the wrong practice. in fact she did, he knew the working hours and the ‘chuck out’ time. i sincerley hope that her vet changes the out of hours cover. 

what worries me on a personal note is that it is my area. this is another question to ask a vet practice before i commit to them.

as vinya said, the link doesnt work.

[SuzAndTheDiva]

how awful, tragic and uneccessary – i truly hope something good comes out of this  :'(

[.dodger.]

this is awful 😮 poor girlie :'(  can this be cross posted Val?

[Anonymous]

To be honest i’m not sure that petitioning is the right direction to take this in yet. Surely this should be reported to whichever bodies oversee this practice as a case of gross negligence first, that way it goes to the highest level so that this practice is thoroughly investigated for not treating something so serious as an emergency – then if all else fails go down the petitioning route.

I don’t want this to be taken the wrong way but people seem to start petitions straight away over so many things these days & i am just not sure in this case it will actually do anything because you can’t really petition in order to force changes in an organization and make someone accountable for thier failings without first going through the internal procedures with the authorities that are responsible for making sure these practices comply with the rules they are governed by.

If everything else fails then of course launch a petition, but surely that should be a last resort rather than an instantaneous reaction to get justice?

[Anonymous]

Yes Laura free to cross post
Mark the reason for the petition IS so that it goes to the governing body, RCVM this is not a silly pet owner this is a respected breeder there are over 500 sigs already and only a small amount of people have heard about this the owner was going to greive alone but then thought this needs something done about it, I fully agree with her.
People living in big cities do not have this problem as much as folks in small towns/villages they (just change vets) others like me have to travle a long way to a good vet modern vets are not going into the profession because they like animals they are in it for the MONEY they are among the most highly paid professionals there are now.
Pet insurance has made most put on silly hats and the rest just make up numbers as they go, this is truly tragic and has made breeders on another list fighting angery I just thought I would post it and hoped you would not stay in your safe world with your one dog yet again debateing the pros and cons of a petition it’s not the only thing that is happening but if enough names landed on the RCVM mat they will take action
Val
This link worked for me
http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/vets-now-poor-out-of-hours-veterinary-service.html

[Anonymous]

Not entirely sure how to take your response Val. You seem to be making assumptions. Nobody said it was a silly pet owner or that anyone was staying in thier safe world with your one dog yet again debateing the pros and cons of a petition. I just asked simple questions because it wasn’t made clear enough to us ‘silly’ pet owners.

That’s actually quite insulting considering most of us here (who are being asked to sign the petition) are ‘Silly’ pet owners, not to mention a tad patronizing.

I’m actually a little offended at the holier than thou tone to your reply & the notion of ‘silly’ pet owners in much the same way you’d probably be offended at me suggesting most breeders had thier noses up thier backsides. Maybe if you had given us the facts in the first place we wouldn’t need to question what to most ‘silly’ pet owners is just another petition.

I still don’t see why a petition is needed in order to persue an official complaint of gross negligence with the RCVM, unless of course they are refusing in any way to acknowledge any responsibility whatsoever for the situation. Is that the case then? Obviously there’s a lot more to this that we are aware of.

[dogloverwoooo!]

I totaly agree with the petition, the more people behind the petition the more likey the RCVM will be to take notice. My old vets had a similar scheme with meant my criticaly ill dog had to be moved a long way between practices at 7am in the back of a car attached to a drip. Luckily he pulled through, but like this shows, many others arnt so lucky  :-\

[Anonymous]

I am not taking this off topic Mark but you have said the same thing on other topics and yes I said silly owners but the point is this lady IS a breeder most of you on here have been brought kicking a bit into the 21 century where vets are not doG some still think they are this dog was owned by someone that knew the ropes inside out  and still fell foul.
As for you being offended then tough I had aready thought you would knock the petition as you have done before, some I agree with most of the goverment ones I have to think to myself do they work are they read but at the end of the day if all it takes is a bit of time why worry, you never know it may help if this had happened to you maybe you would think differently, this lady had already sent in a formal complaint and her vet is changing his policy and we the stupid breeders are making this publicly aware to the RCVM and hopefully to the general public.
You would be amazed how many people have come forward not knowing who provides the out of hours cover for their vet look at doglovers post did she for a min think her dog would be subject to that standard of care did my Layla deserve the lack of care she got with a practice that said it had out of outs cover did this dog deserve to die when the owner knew what the problem was and a spay would have saved her life I think not
Val
Val

[quote author=Mark. link=topic=12894.msg248252#msg248252 date=1225467497]
Not entirely sure how to take your response Val. You seem to be making assumptions. Nobody said it was a silly pet owner or that anyone was staying in thier safe world with your one dog yet again debateing the pros and cons of a petition. I just asked simple questions because it wasn’t made clear enough to us ‘silly’ pet owners.

That’s actually quite insulting considering most of us here (who are being asked to sign the petition) are ‘Silly’ pet owners, not to mention a tad patronizing.

I’m actually a little offended at the holier than thou tone to your reply & the notion of ‘silly’ pet owners in much the same way you’d probably be offended at me suggesting most breeders had thier noses up thier backsides. Maybe if you had given us the facts in the first place we wouldn’t need to question what to most ‘silly’ pet owners is just another petition.

I still don’t see why a petition is needed in order to persue an official complaint of gross negligence with the RCVM, unless of course they are refusing in any way to acknowledge any responsibility whatsoever for the situation. Is that the case then? Obviously there’s a lot more to this that we are aware of.
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[deebee]

all i know is that i didnt know that vets did this.
call me naive, but i presumed that they were all equiped to cover themselves. their adverts brag about their facilities afterall.
its akin to the gps opting out of after hours care.

[*Lassie*]

Signing takes a minute, it may help it may not as I tend to be an optimist I have signed it 😉

[*Lassie*]

Perhaps our Dog magazine lady would like to put the story in her mag,  >:D

[Anonymous]

Thanls Lassie every one may help them take a bit of notice of us that pay their wages

[quote author=*Lassie* link=topic=12894.msg248325#msg248325 date=1225484278]
Signing takes a minute, it may help it may not as I tend to be an optimist I have signed it 😉
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[kerrie and stan]

have signed 🙂 if even 1 more signiture will gain thier attention then it is worth it

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